Educational doll with changeable face elements

Abstract

A doll is described having changeable face elements. The doll includes (i) a soft, stuffed doll including a body portion, a pair of arms extending from the body portion, a pair of legs extending from the body portion and a head portion connected to the body portion via a neck portion. The head portion has a face portion surrounded by a projecting fabric fringe and the face portion has fixed thereto at spaced locations adjacent this fringe a plurality of fastener members comprising loop portions of loop and hook fasteners, such as Velcro® fasteners, these loop portions being adapted to represent locks or curls of hair on the face of the doll. The doll also include at least one attachable face element adapted for attachment to the face portion. This face element has fixed to the back face thereof a plurality of fastener members comprising hook portions of hook and loop fasteners, these hook fasteners being positioned to mate with the loop fasteners on the doll face.

I claim: 
     
       1. A cuddly doll with changeable face elements comprising (i) a soft, stuffed doll including a body portion, a pair of arms extending from said body portion, a pair of legs extending from said body portion and a head portion connected to said body portion, said head portion having a face portion surrounded by a projecting fabric fringe and said face portion having fixed thereto at spaced locations adjacent said fringe a plurality of fastener members comprising loop portions of loop and hook fasteners, said loop portions being adapted to represent locks or curls of hair on the face of the doll and (ii) at least one attachable face element adapted for attachment to said face portion, said face element having fixed to the back face thereof a plurality of fastener members comprising hook portions of loop and hook fasteners, said hook fasteners being adapted to mate with the loop fasteners on the doll face and wherein said doll also includes a ribbon formed of a loop portion of a loop and hook fastener placed around the neck of the doll, and wherein said attachable face element has a neck portion extending downwardly therefrom with hook portions of loop and hook fasteners fixed to the back face of the face element neck portion and being adapted to mate with the ribbon loop portion around the neck of the doll. 
     
     
       2. A doll according to claim 1 wherein the doll is a sewn cloth doll with a cloth face. 
     
     
       3. A doll according to claim 2 wherein the attachable face element is formed of cloth. 
     
     
       4. A doll according to claim 3 wherein the fastener members are sewn to the doll face and to the attachable face elements. 
     
     
       5. A doll according to claim 4 wherein the fastener loop portions adapted to represent locks or curls of hair are coloured to appear as blonde, black, brown or red hair.